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I've seen multiple people using revisionist history saying that Kelly was left a mess of a roster and that Freeman had much more to work with in year one. I just want to clear that up.

When Kelly came in the team was loaded on offense and defense with multiple 5* players and future NFL talent at every level. In some cases, historic talent.

Kelly had multiple 5* WRs plus Kyle Rudolph, a loaded Oline and future NFL RBs. We were loaded on defense too.

Offense:
Floyd - 5* - NFL
Kamara - 5* - NFL
Kyle Rudolph - 5* - NFL
TJ Jones - NFL
Theo Riddick - NFL
Jonas Gray - NFL
Robert Hughes - NFL
Cierre Wood - NFL
Tyler Eiffert - NFL
Zack Martin - NFL
Chris Watt - NFL
Trevor Robinson - NFL
Braxton Cave -NFL

Defense:
Manti Te'o - 5* - NFL
Harrison Smith - NFL
KLM - NFL
Prince Shembo - NFL
Louis Nix - NFL
Darius Fleming - NFL
Darrin Walls - NFL
Bennett Jackson - NFL
Robert Blanton - NFL
Ethan Johnson - NFL
Ian Williams - NFL

That's a heck of a roster. Can anyone claim this year's roster was superior? Especially given the dumpster fire that was our WR room?